Adjusting to the fertility bust

Do Family Wealth Shocks Affect Fertility Choices? Evidence from the Housing Market Boom and Bust

While there is a great deal of literature focusing on the relationship between income and fertility, little is known about how wealth affects fertility decisions of the household. This paper fills this gap in the literature by investigating how changes in housing wealth affect fertility. In particular, we use the wealth variation supplied by the recent housing boom and bust to generate exogenou...

Public Pensions and Demographic Changes in Developed Countries: Migration Boom and Fertility Bust?

Biology Boom Goes Bust

Political and industrial factors-beyond the economic headwinds-may be causing public investment in biomedical research to slow down around the world.

Adjusting the School to the Child

Adjusting to Separation